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Monday 28 Dec 2015 - 10:07 Makkah mean time-17-3-1437
Lagos, Nigeria (IINA) - The Nigerian military said Sunday that it arrested seven Boko Haram bomb-makers following what an army spokesman called "painstaking surveillance", Anadolu Agency reported.
Army spokesman Sani Usman stated: "From all indications, the suspects were in Kaduna to conduct suicide bombings, kill and maim innocent citizens in the state and other surrounding areas during the festive period".
Usman claimed the arrests would assist in Nigeria's fight against terrorism, as militants have resorted to launching bomb attacks on soft targets following what the military calls a "technical" defeat of the insurgents.
Nigeria has claimed "technical victory" over Boko Haram militants ahead of a December 31 deadline from President Muhammadu Buhari to crush the insurgents.
However, the administration added that isolated attacks and suicide bombings by the militants cannot immediately be ruled out.
The effect of the arrests on the militant group cannot be verified independently because of its secretive nature.
There are claims by analysts that while the army has largely crippled Boko Haram's capabilities to launch physical attacks, the group still operates deadly sleeper cells in many parts of the country.
Boko Haram has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions from across the northeast region where it has been most active.
AG/IINA
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